On Thermostats: Isokinetic or Hamiltonian? finite or infinite?
Statistical Mechanics
2009-01-22 v3
Abstract
The relation between finite isokinetic thermostats and infinite Hamiltonian thermostats is studied and their equivalence is heuristically discussed.
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@article{arxiv.0810.1510,
title = {On Thermostats: Isokinetic or Hamiltonian? finite or infinite?},
author = {Giovanni Gallavotti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.1510},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 1 figure v2: several comments added thanks to the referees' suggestions; v3: collision rules with walls and influence on the form of the equations of motion precised (see acknowledgements). Two columns format